January 11, 2019

The first patrol of 2019 was one of those patrols, however short, had its purpose of people knowing me.  It started ask I was walking out in the freezing weather.  As my chest was nice & warm, my arms felt frozen.  I remember Baby Fozzie's joke on Muppet Babies, when he saids he had rights, "The Right to 'Bear Arms.'"  (I know, awful pun.  But believe me it fit the situation.).   As I walked I ran into some people & a lady stopped me, & asked me where the bar & tavern, "The Intermission" was.  You know you feel stupid, when you maybe the protector of Boston, but you don't know where all the eateries are in the area.  The group pulled her out, but she thanked me anyways.  Yes, it was one of those nights.  As I walked, I felt like, "What part of me thought it was a good idea to patrol when not many people go out in this weather?"  But later on I think as I approached more people, gave cereal bars to homeless people, being a hero, as it was best said by "The Rock," "IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S COLD!"  As I passed Haymarket T stop two kids saw me.  You know there's a magic when children see superheroes.  That magic very much warmed my heart on that cold night.  We gave fist bumps, high fives.  I even included the mother, not to make anyone jealous.  I passed Park Street.  And I noticed on the side street where cars were blocking passages by the garage on both sides.  As I was going to question either, one of them moved.  Probably for a parking space.  I even went past Downtown Crossing.  One person spotted me, & was impressed with my uniform (he called it a costume, but why be PC, even if you are a real life superhero?). As I was going down I heard the sound of a siren as a paddy wagon pulled by.  I turned around, but it turned out they were heading for the bank nearby. Lucky me.  I passed by another area where three guys spotted me.  And for the first time, ever, I was referenced by the movie "Kick-Ass."  Another huge support.  It was a day where there wasn't much action, but huge incentive for being a real life superhero.